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Renard Rusé
I know that putain means something like, Slut or bitch, but what is the usual meaning of it?
Feb 8, 2008 3:06 AM
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I forgot to tell, often "putain" is used when we're angry as "mais putain qu'est ce que tu fais??" = Holyshit, what are you doing??
But you can also use it with good friends, as "putain! qu'est ce que t'es bête" = putain, you're such an idiot" :)
You see, putain can be used everywhere! :D
February 8, 2008
Putain is very often used by french people and in all kind of contexts!
I mean, litterally a "putain" is a prostitute, but now we use this word for anything that goes wrong... I'm not sure I'm clear, here are some examples:
"Putain! he's late, where is he?"
"Où sont ces putains de clés?!" = where are these fucking keys!?
I think you can maybe replace fuck/fuckin by putain very often...
Or "Putain, ça me saoule!" = Fuck, it sucks!
Hope it will help (I need slang too, but in english :))
February 8, 2008
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